1997 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND VEERED OFF THE HIGHWAY INTO A DITCH, THERE WERE NO INJURIRES (FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX P235/75R5). NLM

PE00 020; CONSUMER HAS FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS#AT, P2357515,#DOT PLAN WAS VD. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT A REIMBURSEMNT $448.75. *AK

PE00-020 CONSUMER HAS FOUND CRACK ON THE GROVE OF THE TIRE WHERE HAD TAKEN TO FIRESTONE DEALER, BUT TIRES WERE NOT INCLUDED ON THE RECALL BY DOT INFORMATION.FORD, EXPLORER, 1997, P235/75 R15, DOT VN. *AK

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 55MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A CRANKING NOISE. VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS GOIMG TO TIP OVER. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

PE00-020;ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FORD, EXPLORER, 1997 TIRE SIZE P235/75R15, DOT W2HL WITH 45,000 MILES. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATION, RESULTING IN BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60-65 MPH . CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL TO SIDE WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT. CONSUMER FELT A SLIGHT VIBRATION AND A THUMP NOISE POSSIBLY A MINUTE BEFORE THE BLOWOUT.*AK

P235/75R15 DOT#: VNHL1PY097. TREAD ON ALL FOUR TIRES HAS SEPARATED ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE SIDEWALL. *AK THE TIRES WERE NOT ON RECALL. FORD ACKNOWLEDGED ONLY THAT TIRES ARE BAD BUT SAYS THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FIRESTONE'S. *YH

I WAS INFORMED TODAY THAT I HAVE WILDERNESS AT TIRES DOT CODE VD AND W2, BUT THE TREAD ON ALL 4 OF MY TIRES IS BAD. I HAVE 35000 MILES ON THESE TIRES AND WAS TOLD THEY SHOULD BE GOOD FOR 60000 MILES. I AM TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO A FIRESTONE DEALER TOMORROW FOR THEM TO DETERMINE IF THESE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE. SEEMS TO ME THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THESE TIRES, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH PLANT THEY WERE MADE IN. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 80 DEGREES. THIS HAPPENED ON I-66 WEST WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP I CHECKED THE TIRE AND THE TREAD COMPLETELY CAME OFF OF THE RIM. I CALLED #77 FOR ROAD ASSISTANCE. THE TIRE HAS BEEN DIPOSED OF I HAD NO KNOWN KNOWLEDGE OF ANY DEFECTS WITH THE TIRES UNTIL AFTER THE FACT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2HL1PY )

I TOOK MY EXPLORER IN TO HAVE THE TIRES CHECKED. I WAS TOLD THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BUT THAT THEY WERE FALLING APART AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. I AM UNABLE TO AFFORD NEW TIRES RIGHT NOW SO I AM FORCED TO DRIVE ON DANGEROUS TIRES. CAN YOU HELP ME?*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235 )

CONSUMERS FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES (P235/75R15 SERIAL W2HL) ARE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 00T-005 BUT ARE SHOWING THE SYMPTOMS OF THE RECALL, DEALER REFUSES TO REPLACE THEM. NLM